Brothers Play

It's great fun to watch the two boys playing together. Kevin is rediscovering all his old favourite toys as we bring them out for Alan. He's great about sharing with his little brother even though he tends to take over and "show" him how to play.



Kevin is having fun squeezing himself into the Baby Bumbo. Alan is just glad to have a turn with the Leap Frog driving toy.



Of course, they were driving Mommy crazy. She was trying to get a picture of them looking up and smiling at the same time. Better luck next time Mommy!

Now that Alan is crawling, we've put some of Kevin's less baby-friendly toys in a bin with a latching lid. Kevin pulled out the trains and tracks and Alan quickly came crawling as the forbidden toys became available again.



Mommy moved the Fridge Farm toy (purchased in Canada for English and French!) down the fridge door so that Alan could reach. As soon as Kevin heard it, he came running to show Alan how it was done.





"But when is it going to be my turn!"

Meet the Teacher

Kevin starts preschool on Monday - our baby is growing up! Tonight we went to Meet the Teacher night. Kevin cried at first, but after a while started exploring his soon-to-be school room. Alan joined him and Daddy on the circle time carpet to play with the toys.

Moving up

Alan pulls up on to his knees! Good news, he's pulling up. Bad news, he's doing it at the fireplace. Good thing it isn't used very often!



After checking out the fireplace, Alan decided to take a tour down the hallway.

Wakey wakey!

Mommy sends in Alan to get his big brother Kevin up for the day. "Hey! How did you rate such a big bed?"

It's a Gymboree day!

Mommy has started taking Alan to Gymboree again. Wow! Look at all the different balls!

Smiles and Joy

This blog has always been about sharing the minutiae of Kevin and Alan's day-to-day life with Daddy while he's travelling and with our out-of-town-friends and family. I've never been one to share my thoughts on parenting, childhood or my experience as a stay-at-home Mom.

Recently, though, I found the following video on our favourite daddy blog. It made me smile, it made me happy, and it made me laugh. In short, all the things that our two beautiful boys do. We share a lot of pictures of how they look and videos of what they do. This video, I hope, will give you an idea of how they make us feel.



Where the Hell is Matt? (2008) from Matthew Harding on Vimeo.

Summer fun!

What could be better after a swim and some pizza than an ice-cold popsicle!

Toast

Alan loves zwieback toast. Mmmm, tasty! Mommy likes it because it lasts longer than Baby Mum Mums, but what a mess! It's all over his hands, arms, face, ears and clothing.

Brush

Kevin preps for naptime.

Daddy's Little Wingman

After a busy morning, Alan takes a nap.